Autographic register



Nov. 8, 1927.

L. JENSEN AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed July 29. 1926 2 shee'ts-sheet 1 Nov. 8, 192 7.

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JENSEN, @F CHCAGU, HLLINOIS, ASSEGNQR T@ UNITED AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER CQMPANY, @F CHECA/GCD. ILLINGIS.

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application filed July 29,

ll/ly present invention relates to improvements in apparatus for feeding webs of inaterial such as paper strips, and it has more particular reference to a machine oit this character known as an autographic register. Speciiically the present structure pertains to an autographic register that leeds out or moves paper strips that are provided with rows or spaced perlorations or liling pin apertures that stop the leed of the strips when the normal feed devices are engaged therein, and my improvements have to do with the mechanism tor initially feeding the strips, or re-starting the movement ot the strips, in order to advance the apertured portions ot the strips tar enough to permit the norm al iteed devices to again become edective upon the strips. Such initial feed mechanism has become known as a starter or restarter, and such term is employed 1n the tollowing description to designate the mechanism that initially advances the strips to more the apertured portion thereof out of registry with the normal feed rollers. o

Among the objects of my invention is the provision of a starter mechanism that is adapted to be rendered operative to advance the strips by a simple operation of a key or lever and will be automatically rendered inoperative shortly after the normal feed I,devices have begun to advance the strips. Another object resides in providing a starter tor autographic registers'that is made from a. ew simple parts and is constructed so that it maybe readily installed upon registers oi divers types. Further objects are the provision of a structure ot the character herein described that is dependable in operation, novel in construction, and economical to manufacture, so that it will not materially increase the production cost oi the apparatus on which it is installed. Additional objects will be apparent alter an understanding ot my invention is had.

l prefer to carry out mv invention and to accomplish the divers obiects thereof in substantially the manner hereinafter fully described and as more particularly pointed out in the claims. Reference is herein made to the accompanying drawings that form a. part ofthis specification in which;

Figure l is a vertical elevation of the upper portion of the discharge or delivery end ot an autographic register showing my iinproved starter device in connection therewith.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical section taken on line 2-2, Figure l, looking in the direction oie the arrows, and diagrammatically illustrating the y position of the starter when advancing the strip or strips.

Figure 8 lis a diagrammatic view, similar to'Figure 2, showing the position ot the starter when inoperative during the advancement of the strip by the normal 'reed devices or when the latter are disengaged from the tiling pin apertures kof the strip. I

Figure i is a diagrammatic view, similar to Figure 2, showing the manner of releasing the starter.

Figure 5 is a diagrammatic view,.similar to Figure 2, showing the position of the starter immediately alter it has been release and is ready to advance the strip.

Figure "6 is an axial section oit the starter whete'l in assembly with some of its associated par s.

Figure 7 is a `lace view of the structure in Figure ti looking at the right side thereof..

Figure 8 is a tac/e view of the portion of one oit the strips that is used in the register herein disclosed.

f lhe drawings accompanying this specication are ina sense schematic for the purpose ot disclosing a typical or preferred embodiment ot my invention, and in said drawings similar reference characters have been employed to designate the same parte wherever they appear throughout the severalviews.

rlhe portion of the autographic register herein disclosed includes only the feed mechanism and consists of vertically disposed longitudinal side-walls 10 that are connected at their upper edges by a writing table or platen l1, said walls and platen forming the upper portion ot' a casing or housing in which the supply of webs is stored in'either roll or folded pad form. rllhe webs each comprise a strip l2 (Fig. 8) that usually has tickets 13 or other matter printed thereon and between the tickets the webs are punched to provide tiling-pin apertureslt for convenience in storing the tickets and the like when they have been severed from the strip. The apertures `are arranged in mit ldd

' there is preferably a pair of apertures for each ticket. y

At the discharge end of the platen are located the normal feed devices in the form of upper and lower opposed rollers, the former being an elongated roller 15 the spindles at the ends of which are journaled in bearing-posts 16 that arise from the upper longitudinal corners of the register casing and one of said spindles has a gear 17 secured to it. The lower feed member is in the form of roller disks 18 mounted upon a drive spindle or shaft 19 that is journaled in the side-walls of the casing so that the same is in vertical alinement with and disposed below the roller 15, and said spindle or shaft 19 has a gear 20 secured to it that is larger than gear 17 and meshes. therewith. The disks 18 are spaced apart a dist-ance corresponding with the spacing of the longitudinal rows of apertures or perforations 14 in the strip, and as seen in the drawing the "said disks are larger in diameter than the upper feed roller 15 in the same proportion as the large gear 20 is to the gear 17. Drive spindle or shaft 19 is rotated by means of acrank handle 21 secured to one of its ends that is extended through the casing wall and when said structure is operated the strips of paper will be advanced upon the platen 11 and discharged from the end of the apparatus until a set of perforations or apertures come into registry with the opposed peripheral portions of the upper and lower feeddevices, whereupon the disks 18 will come into actual contact with the roller 15 through said apertures and further feed lor advance of the strips will be stopped so that the discharged ticket or set of tickets may be torn olf or severed from the strip or strips.

rIjhe starter mechanism is preferably mounted upon the drive spindle or shaft 19, and includes a feed-wheel 22 that is loosely mounted on the shaft 19 and is maintained against lateral displacement or longitudinal movement upon said shaft by a collar 23 secured to said shaft alongside the roller. The diameter df the wheel 22 is such that its periphery, which is roughened, will engage or co-operate with the surface of the upper feed roller 15 and will feed or advance the strip or strips which may be between them, and as said wheel 22 is intermediate the normal feed roller disks 18 it is adapted to engage the material in a plane that is between the rows of apertures in the latter and will therefore advance said material at a time when the normal feed devices are registered with the apertures and inoperative to move the material. It is not, however, desirable i to maintain la lcontinuous co-operation beadvanced, and for this purpose the operat- ,feed roller 15, which position is diagrammed in Figure 3. In order to operatively connect the wheel with the drive spindle or shaft 19, there is provided a'coiled spring 25 that surrounds and `frictionally engages the shaft between the hub of the left-hand feed roller disk 18 (Fig. 1) and the wheel and' the end `of the spring adjacent said wheel 22 has a straight portion 26 that extends away from or is tangent to the shaft and is secured to one of a pair-of stop pins 27 projecting from the adjacent face of the wheel. As the coiling or convolutions of the spring 25 extend opposite to the direction of rotation of shaft 19 and said spring is frictionally engaged with said shaft, the rotation of the latter will rotate the wheel until the latter is stopped by other means and thereafter permit the further rotation of the shaft.

The means for intermittently stopping the rotation of the starter wheeland permitting the further and continued rotation of the shaft, consists of a lateral pawl or linger 28 secured radially to a rock-shaft 29 extending from wall to wall of the casing and journaled therein w1th one end projecting outside the wall next the crank-handle 21 where it is provided with a depressible key 30. This linger 28 is normally in the path traveled in the pin 27 on the side face of the wheel, and the rock-shaft 29 is rendered automatically returnable by means of a coiled spring 31 loosely surrounding said shaft and connected at its opposite ends rethekey 30 has been depressed to lock shaft,

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20 the finger 28 will be moved out of the path of the adjacent stop-pin 27 and thereafter aI rotation of drive spindle or shaft 19- will also rotate the Wheel 22 due to the frictional engagement of the spring 25 with said shaft and itsconnection with the starter wheel. It will be noted there are shown two flattened portions 24 on the wheel, but this may be varied, and said flattened portions are arranged diametrically opposite each other. `There are two stop-pins 27 that are positioned intermedia-tely of the flattened portions so as to insure. a half revolution of the wheel .each time the same is rendered operative by the depression or setting of the key 30. Upon releasing the key, the rockshaft 29 returns to its normal position (Fig. 3) Where the finger will be in the path of nenas-sa the next pin 27 Which will arrest the rotation of the Wheel 22, and the shaft 19 Will continue to rotate Within the coiled spring 25 While the normal feed devices (the upper feed roller 15 and the lower feed roller disks 1S) will coact upon the paper to advance the same to the next set of apertures. The rocking of shaft 29 is limited by means of a pair of stops 32 project-ing outwardly from the casing wall adjacent the hub of the key 30, between which stops a lug 33 on said hub is moved. Due to the frictional engagement of spring 25 with the drive-shaft 19 and the anchoring of one end of the spring to the Wheel 22 the stoppage of the Wheel and the continued rotation of said 'shaft Will cause a slight uni'vinding ofthe convolutions of the spring adjacent the Wheel and therefore a tensioning of the spring, so that when the Wheel is released by the depression of the key said Wheel will have a slight forward movement as seen by comparison of the relative positions as seen in Figures d and 5 so that the truecircumferential or curved portion of the Wheel Will come into opposition to the upper feed roller 15. llt Will be appreciated that when the flattened portions of the Wheel are opposite feed roller 15, that is `when the wheel is not rotated, the said Wheel is ineffective to advance the strips and the continued rotation of the drive shaft feeds out the strips until the roller disks 18 register with the strip apertures. rlhe discharged ticketor set of tickets is'then severed in the usualmanner and the strips upon the platen may not be advanced until the starter-Wheel has been set to render the same operative upon the strip by its coa/ction with the upper feed roller 15 and the rotation of said wheel 2 2 islsufcient to advance the strips far enough to permit the roller disks 18 to again taire hold and advance the strips in the normal manner. l

ln the operation of a device of this charac.- ter it is sometimes desirable to provide other means than the roller disks 18 to cooperate with the strip apertures to insure the stoppage of the strips and for this purpose there `is provided a rod 3d that entends transversely from vvall to Wall of the register and is yieldably urged in one direction by a spring 35 that is connected at one end to the register casing wall and at its opposite. end to an arm 36 on the adjacent end of said rod,i as seen in Figure 5. Laterally disposed Wires 37 project from rod 3d toward the feed mechanism and have upturned ends 38 that register with grooves or channels 39 formed in the upper feed roller l5. When the strips are being moved the upturned ends 38 of these Wires are below the paper and press upwardly against the same until the strip apertures reach the roller disks 18 at which time the said upturned ends enter these apertures and pass upwardly into the grooves 39 of the upper feed roller and assist in preventing of further movement or slippage of thev strips. 'llhe upturned ends 38 are automatically withdrawn from the strip apertures upon a depression of the key, Which as before explained, will cause a slight forward rotation movement of the Wheel. rllhis withdrawal is accomplished by providing an oblique dovvnvvardlyextending inltig. i to the position in Fig. 5 the respective cam-pin li1 Will move the lever arm down and cause the withdrawal of the'upturnedends 38 of the wires from the strip apertures so that the strip or strips vvill be free to be moved or advanced in the manner hereinbefore explained. llt ,may be added that reverse movement of the drive spindle or shaft 19 is prevented by providing a ratchet disk 42 upon one end of said shaft that is engaged by a suitable pavvl d3 pivotally mounted upon the adjacent portion of the casing Wall.

l/Vhat l claim is 1. Feed devices of strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures, ,comprising n ormal feed members that become inoperative to advance the material when engaged @lil lll@

in the apertures, and starter mechanism nori i mally inoperative to advance the strip and consisting of a rotatable Wheel havingI peripheral portions that intermittently risengage the Wheel from the material, said Wheel being actuated by the devices that actuate said normal feed members, yieldahle means secured to said vvheel for effecting an operative relation betvveen said Wheel and certain of said normal feed members. and pins adapted to enter the apertures in the strip at the end of each feeding cycle. and means having operative connection with said vvheel for withdrawing the pins at the start effe-ach feeding cycle. c, l

'2. Devices for feeding'strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures, comprising normal feed members that become inl operative to advance the material when engaged in the apertures, and starter mechanism consisting of a rotatable Wheel the periphery of which is provided with active and inactive portions, and vieldable means .se-

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cured to said Wheel for eifecting an operative relation between the active peripheral portion of said wheel and certain of the normal feed members, and pins ada tied to enter the apertures in thel strip at t e end of each titi feeding cycle, and means having operative connection with said wheel for wlthdrawing the pins at the start of each feeding cycle.

3. Devices for feeding strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures, comprising normal feed members that become inoperative to advancethe material when engaged in the apertures, .and starter mechanism consisting of a rotatable wheel the perpiphery of which is provided with a plurality of alternately arranged active and inactive portions. and yieldable meanssecured to said wheel for eecting an operative relation between one of the active peripheral portions of said wheel and cert-ain of the normal feed members, and pins adapted to enter the apertures in the strip at the end of each feeding cycle, and means having operative connection with said wheel for withdrawing the pins at the start of each feeding cycle.

4. Devices for feeding strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures, comprising normal feed members that become moperative to advance the material when engaged in the apertures, and starter mechanism consisting of a rotatable wheel the periphery of which is provided with active and inactive portions the former of which is positioned adjacent the material during normal advance thereof and yieldable means secured to said wheel whereby the active portion of the wheel is adapted to become operatively related to one of said normal feed members to advance the material when the normal feed members are engaged in the apertures, and pins adapted to ent/er the apertures in the .strip at the end of each feeding cycle, and means having operative connection with said wheel for withdrawing the pins at thestart of each feeding cycle.

5. Devices for feeding strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures. comprising normal feed mechanism that becomes inoperative to advance the material when engaged in the apertures, a rotatable wheel coactablev with said feed mechanism to ad- Vance apertured portions of the material beyond the feed mechanism, said wheel having a flattened peripheral portion whereby to render said wheel inactive to advance the material, and yieldable means secured to said wheel for bringing the non-flattened port-ion of said wheel into active relation with respect to the material, and p'ins adapted to enter the apertures in the strip at the end of each feeding cycle, and means having operative connection with said wheel for withdrawing the pins at the start of each feeding c 'cle y6. An initial feed or starter mechanism i for autographic registers, comprising a feed inactive with respect to said roller, means for imparting an initial rotative movement to said wheel independent of the rotation of said shaft, saidmeans frictionally connecting said wheel to said shaft, and devices for stopping the rotation of said wheel with its inactive portion in opposition to. said roller.

7. ln an autographic register connecting normal feed roller members, a drive shaft for one of said members, a wheel loose on said shaft and the periphery of which is provided with portions that are active and inactive with respect to one of said normal feed members, means frictionally connecting said wheel to said shaft and adapted to impart initial movement to the wheel, and devices for stopping the rotation of said wheel with its inactive port-ion in opposition to said normal feed members whereby said normal feed members will continue to advance the inaterial after the stoppage of said wheel.

8. lln an autographic register coacting normal feed roller members, a drive shaft for one of said members, a wheel loose on said shaft and the periphery of which is provided with portions that are active and inactive with respect to one of said normal feed members, aspring frictionally coiled upon said shaft and having one end fixed to said wheel and adapted to impart initial movement to the wheel, and devices for stopping the rotation of said wheel with its inactive portion in opposition to said normal feed member, whereby said normal feed members will continue to advance the material after the stoppage of said wheel.

t). fn an autographic register coacting normal feed roller members, a drive shaft for one of said members a wheel loose on said shaft and the periphery of which is providedwith portions thatare active and inactive with respect to one of said normal feed members, means frictionally connecting said wheel to said shaft, a stop on said wheel and `adapted to impart initial movement to Dit lil() the wheel, and an element adapted to be projected into the path of movement of said stop whereby to discontinue the rotation of said wheel with its inactive portion in oppositien to said normal feed members and permit said feed member to thereafter continue to advance the material.

10. An initial feed or starter mechanism for autographic registers, comprising a feed roller, a rotatable shaft, a wheel loose on said shaft and the periphery of which is provided with portions that are active and inactive with respect to said roller, and means connected with said shaft for imparting a rotative movement to said wheel independently of said shaft.

1l. An initial feed or starter mechanism.

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` meme@ said shaft and the periphery of which is provided with portions that are active and inactive with respect, to said roller, means connected with said shaft for imparting a rotative movement to said wheelindependently of said shaft, and devices for stopping the rotation of said wheel by said shaft with its inactive portion in opposition to said roller.

12. Adevice for feeding strip material having longitudinal spaced apertures, comprising normal feed members that become in-` operative to advance the material when engaged in the apertures, and a starter mecha- Mi nism consisting of` a rotatable Wheel the periphery of which is provided with active and inactive portions, and devices connecting one of said normal feed members with said wheel for effecting an operative relation between the active peripheral .portion of said Wheel with another normal feed member, and including means whereby a rotative movement is imparted to said Wheel independently of the normal feed member to which the latter is connected.

Signed at Chicago, in the county of Cook, and State of Illinois, this 25 day of June, 1926.

LOUIS JENSEN. 

